Every parent’s worst nightmare!
07.05.2022 - 03:11 / perezhilton.com
Crossing the finish line at a marathon is usually a momentous occasion, but it turned out to be the complete opposite for one family!
YouTubers Kami and Ben Crawford, plus their six children, participated in the Flying Pig Marathon in Cincinnati on Sunday. Although the race claimed to have an age minimum of 18, their 6-year-old son, Rainer Crawford, still joined his family for the 26-mile run. The little boy ended up completing the marathon in eight hours and 35 minutes. However, he did not cross the finish line without experiencing some challenges during that time.
According to his father on Instagram, Rainer “was struggling physically and wanted to take a break and sit every three minutes.” And when they reached mile 20 to discover there were no snacks, the child broke down “crying” and was “moving slow.” As an incentive to keep running? Ben supposedly promised to get him “two sleeves” of Pringles afterward. Ch-ch-check out the post (below):
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Now, the parents have faced backlash for having Rainer in the marathon – with many social media users accusing them of child abuse and using their son for likes. Olympic runner Kara Goucher wrote on Twitter:
Another Olympic marathon runner Lee Troop expressed concern for Rainer’s physical well-being, as well as called out the race organizers for allowing him to run:
ABC News medical correspondent Dr. Alok Patel offered up some more worries to Good Morning America, saying:
In response to the controversy, Ben and Kami fired back at the allegations that they were being “irresponsible and even abusive” towards Rainer. They insisted in the post that they’ve never forced their
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